title: Serological evidence of lack of contact with caprine herpesvirus type 1 and bluetongue virus in goat population in Poland.
abstract: Investigation into herd-level seroprevalence of caprine herpesvirus type 1 (CpHV-1) and bluetongue virus (BTV) was conducted in 2007 in Poland. It involved the entire population of goats covered by a milk recording program in 2007, which included 49 goat herds. The number of goats examined in each herd was determined statistically in order to detect the presence of at least one seropositive animal in a herd with a 95% probability and simple random method of sampling was applied. No antibodies to CpHV-1 or BTV were detected. Further calculations were carried out to determine the herd-level true seroprevalence, taking into account sensitivity and specificity of the test as well as several other factors. It can be concluded that till the middle of 2007 population of Polish goats covered by the milk recording program remained negative with respect to CpHV-1 and BTV.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology, Department of Large Animal Diseases with the Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Nowoursynowska 159c, 02-776 Warsaw, Poland. mczopowicz@gmail.com
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czopowicz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kaba
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Szaluś-Jordanow
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nowicki
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Witkowski
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Frymus
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001819:Bluetongue / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology; D001820:Bluetongue virus / Q000276:immunology*; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D006041:Goats; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D018140:Varicellovirus / Q000276:immunology*